Ttc #1 - cycle 7

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Really fed up of AF showing up month after month now 🤦🏼‍♀️ we've been taking the see what happens but dtd lots approach. But now going into month 7 so We've decided to use the clear blue opk's to see if it gives us a better chance. 🤷🏼‍♀️
Now to just wait for AF to disappear 😀

Any one else ttc #1? 😀

@Amy259 thanks, yes hopefully I have! , he said he’s just starting to feel a bit better today but not quite right yet - hopefully he’ll be back to his usual self in another day or two.

Sorry to hear that, how is he feeling?

@Loops01 hoping you get some good news on the role change - it must be so hard currently just having a few days off together. Keeping my fingers crossed for you. That’s crazy about your leave too - I never know more then a month or two before normally.

@AZ1992X I’m glad he’s starting to feel a bit better. Are you both double jabbed, yeah?

He’s got symptoms now - cough, no taste, sore head. Doesn’t feel too rotten, like a bad cold or a mild flu at the moment. Cases are going mad here in Scotland at the moment again, very hopeful we don’t get any restrictions again. I’m not sure I could cope with not being able to travel on our reschedule dates 😩

@Amy259 yes both double jabbed but he had a different vaccine to me. Cannot remember did you get both yours?

Hopefully he doesn’t get much worse then that, sounds similar symptoms but he got worse for a few days and had no energy for a while … even walking up stairs made him tired but don’t think it lasted too long.

I’ll keep my fingers crossed they don’t 🤞, I’ve got our break coming up and I’d be gutted if I couldn’t go for whatever reason.

@AZ1992X yeah we both had Pfizer but DH only got his last Thursday and I only got mine on Saturday. So he’s picked it up before the second dose would’ve kicked in.

Fingers crossed he doesn’t get much worse, he seems to have peaks and troughs already at the moment. What a nightmare! I think I’m going to stay away from him though, I don’t want to start all over again now we’re heading into day 3 haha.

@Amy259 and @AZ1992X how does this affect ttc for you guys then?

Yeah our annual leave is in blocks so we get 3 blocks between 2022 and 2023 (April to April) and its 4 months apart. So if someone got the first 2 wks in May then they get the first 2 wks Sept then the first 2 wks in Jan. It changes every year but it also changes when you move. So you need to swap blocks to get the same as your partner or friend if you plan on doing a holiday of some sort. You can only take 3 days outwith your block. It's such a stupid system and it's horrible because no1 ever swaps the Xmas block. If you have kids you never swap the summer and Easter holidays block and then you're left with about 6 blocks where you might get the odd school holiday or it's just random. This Yrs annual leave (2022-2023) we are looking at start of June, start of Oct and then start of feb. So yeah pretty rubbish!

@Amy259 yes fingers crossed. Good idea - don’t blame you. That’s why I did it plus I would rather avoid catching if I can.

@Loops01 luckily not too much other than starting dtd later than usual but not worried about that as I’ve been doing opks so haven’t missed it. Ewcm has started this morning so don’t think I’m too far away now.

@AZ1992X yes I noticed some ewcm last night but opks still low but not been doing many and it's been at odd times due to work but I'm thinking in the next 4 days I should peak! We will probably be somewhat close again by the looks of things. Just need @Amy259 to catch up and we can all sync haha. It is mental how the rates are climbing and those that are vaccinated are still catching it!

@AZ1992X so did you stay away from him completely until the day you first dtd? Since you managed to avoid it, I’m looking for your tips haha. DH is currently in the spare room all the time, only coming out for the loo and to sit in the back garden for an hour or so in the evening 😂 I feel so rubbish for him but I really don’t want to catch it.

@Loops01 he’s free from his isolation prison on CD13 so we should be okay as I don’t ov until 16-18, so we’ll just starting be later than usual. That’s rubbish for your annual leave, that it’s just so set in stone. I don’t know what I’m doing in month never mind 2023 haha!

@Loops01 yes bet we will be similar - mines starting to go up but not high yet so will probably be few days till I ovulate yet.

@Amy259 yes, I moved to the spare room as soon as he got his lateral flow. I work in there anyways so was easier for me. He stayed in the bedroom pretty much all the time except go toilet too! He barely went in the kitchen - I just kept leaving drinks for him so he didn’t have go around the house and touch stuff 😂

@AZ1992X oddly enough mine has started to go back down but I did the test in work and don't think I really had enough pee on it as it too ages. I normally have a cup to dip it but not in work obviously. Will test when home in the early hours of the morning. Attached pic. Not fussed if that is peak over and done with but I would expect peak tomo. Also I commented on another thread but I had my fertility consultation today and it was basically that they will do scan again and hycosy but she isn't worried and thinks its all fine and if we don't fall pregnant naturally within the next Yr then 2023 will be ivf. They won't do anything else really which I expected.

@Amy259 at least it sounds like you'd both be fine for ov!! Fingers crossed for the both of you covid wise!

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@AZ1992X that’s exactly what we’re doing haha. He works in one of our spare rooms so because his screens etc are all in there he decided to lock himself in there. So when you dtd, was he still testing pos? Just took the risk?

@Loops01 mine has done that a couple of times, gone to like 0.9 or 1.0 and I think the next one will be higher but it drops down, normally peaks again the next day. Although my peaks go nowhere near as high as yours!

Thank you both - hopefully he doesn’t feel much worse and I don’t catch it! Our works have both been great and given us “back” all the annual leave, and let us take it again in 3 weeks time. I just want to fast forward to next weekend so our holiday would be over 😂

@Amy259 it turned out to be the last day he had a positive but didn’t know at the time, we did try avoid face contact 😂

That’s great about your leave too! Hope it comes around quick.

@Loops01 you’ve defo had a high so shouldn’t be long now. Think I may have day or two more which would put me back to my normal cycle and not early like last month if it is.

It’s good they think everything is fine although I know that doesn’t help when you’ve been trying for so long.

@AZ1992X haha that made me laugh out loud, avoiding face contact. As if it all wasn’t clinical enough - the extent we’ll go to in a fw 😂

I’m unsure how I’m going to entertain myself tbh! I’m so bored already, the weekend is going to be so longgg 🙃

😂😂 I know we really do.

I bet, I was technically allowed out as restrictions allow you now although I waited a few days to make sure I was negative and hadn’t caught it. Was still bored though and I read a whole book (cannot remember when I last read one). Hope you manage to find something to do.

It's the soy! I've had such strong opks with it. That's me done now. Still getting high readings (I've got one to take a pic of once I'm back from dog walk). Won't get my role change until maybe December now because of the Glasgow climate thing but that's ok. Dh managed to get the same annual leave as me for 22/23. The highs in life - planning you're life years in advance!!

Lol at no face contact. It is so rubbish that it's not as fun as what it was these days! Dh is somewhat similar shifts to me this time round but it's been more difficult than we first thought. So he either has to wake me up at 4am when he's home from work (I'm home 1am ish) or I wake him up 8/9 when I'm up! It's such a mess. So we have only managed peak, day before and we will do the next few days after. In my eyes it's not the best but its probably the best we can get! Seems like we are all managing but it's all not ideal situations!

How is everyone (including dhs) covid wise? @AZ1992X we will no longer sync now! I only have a 10dpo so will be a wee bit ahead of you next cycle. I'll miss my cycle sister 😂.

@Amy259 did you manage to find something to amuse yourself with? I had time off to self isolate just before Xmas. It was great! Finished boxing day. I'd take some now too - work has been mental! Honestly people are crazy and really making up for lock down. What's happening with postponed honeymoon??

@AZ1992X because I didn’t get my 2nd jag more than 2 weeks ago, I still need to isolate 💔 I’m doing lots of reading too.

@Loops01 woohoo, so officially in the tww now? Peak and day before is great, those are your two most fertile days apparently so you should be happy with that!

DH is still a little cough-y but his tests are really fading now, you can barely see a line (squinting a Covid tests rather than bloody pregnancy tests now!) so I imagine he’ll test negative tomorrow or Tuesday.

But today is day 6 ladies!! We are more than half way through! Yesterday was our anniversary and I did cry a fair bit.. so many people on socials were at the beach (where we should’ve been!) and that made it hard. Tried to stay off insta but what else do I have to do?!

Honeymoon all rebooked for 18th Sept. We have a wedding next Sat then a trip to Jersey booked Sun-Tues but I need to phone their Covid line and make sure DH will be allowed to travel. According to everything online he will be, but want to be 100% as I don’t want turned around at the airport in Jersey!

@Loops01 It must be so hard to plan ttc when you work shifts but agree you should be covered if you did peak and the day before.

Does that mean they have agreed your role change or do you have to wait till December to find out?

I only managed one opk yday AM and it was around 1.10 which is recording it as peak. Will test again today but think I’m about there too. My lutueal is similar around 10/11 so don’t think I’ll be much behind you.

He’s much better now - still a little tired and his smell hasn’t come back but sure it will get better soon.

@Amy259 ah I was lucky in that sense. Hoping he’s negative soon 🤞.

Sorry you’ve had to spend your anniversary like that - must be heartbreaking, But glad you’ve managed to rebook your honeymoon & have another trip lined up. Something to look forward too ❤️

Yeah it is really difficult and the move won't help aot during shift but should mean we see each other a bit more and we'd have 14 evenings within 5 weeks (not including days off).

No soy left so will see what my peaks will be next month haha. I don't think it really makes much difference as this is cycle 3 I think with soy and there's no positive yet. It is nice cutting back on things and like you said before just having a drink or a unhealthy meal makes things so much nicer. I wish I could go back to that easygoing spontaneous person I used to be but don't think I ever really will be as much because of all this.

I really hope you can get your extra delayed honeymoon. Try not to be too upset as sadly it's the world just now. It's not just like the gods hate you if that makes sense. Its just a bit shit just now and it's all out of your control so just throw your hands up and say fuck it, it won't stop me having fun. Have a drink, some nice food, blast some music and dance like the crazy unstoppable women you are 😂

I go through as of reading and audiobooks but recently I found it difficult to focus my mind and not have random thoughts. I'd be 10 pages through and then realise I had no idea what I was reading but enjoy walking with music. Especially when there's no one about. Makes me feel a bit better. I know you're both kinda stuck in a way but not too much longer!!

Yup the tww which is never two weeks lol. I'm still not hopeful in any way. In the way of I'll believe it when I see it (maybe) but there's nothing more I can do and I'm happy with that. I hate that I have to wait for this miracle but I'm a little less depressed because I've accepted it. Plus I've ordered a tie dye kit and im going to have some fun making some new clothes 😂. Going to try a few baby onesies so I might be depressive again soon lol

Love to you both!

@AZ1992X glad it looks like you’re around ov, so I’m so jealous of you both getting to that stage - I think I’m most relaxed in the 3-4 days after ov when you know there’s nothing else you can do!

@Loops01 you’re a stronger woman than me buying baby grows - at this point it feels like a baby will be here and I’ll still not believe it’s actually happening 😂

DH’s test is almost completely negative now, the tiniest squint of a line so I imagine he’ll be neg tomorrow. Nothing else to report, CD9/10 here and just had quite a bit of random cm (tmi) - not sure what that’s about as it’s way too early for me! Will keep an eye and opk if I must haha. Hope you’re both good!

Think I ovulated yday so just a waiting game now. Agree @Amy259 these few days aren’t too bad! Give it a week and it will be different 😂.

That’s good about your DH tests, hopefully he’ll be negative tomorrow. How are you doing? You finding plenty of stuff to keep occupied?

Got my second set of bloods scheduled later this week so hoping they come back ok.

Haha I have so many people to buy baby stuff for. One day u can and then days after i can't look at all. Trying just face things more. I can't help that they are happy and expecting. I've had another 2 announcements over the last 2 days. It's like when I'm feeling strong bang this happens. I've hidden so many folk on social media that all I see are ads now 😂.

@AZ1992X I am 1dpo too! I'm due Sept 9th. Not gonna test at all cos no point really.

@Amy259 he's getting there!! Does he just do the lat flow tests or just the NHS ones? When are you due to peak? I actually had ewcm today again for some reason?! Not sure why! We have dtd every day for the past 3 or 4 but at random times early in the morning!

@AZ1992X I’m okay thank you, the week days just feel quite normal I guess because we’re working all day? Was busy today so that passed the time!

Remind me what these bloods are for again? Are they repeat bloods?

@Loops01 I always hide pregnant folk, I just can’t do it - mostly because I don’t like feeling resentful when I would ordinarily be really happy for them. I just want to go back to feeling like my normal self!

We have NHS ones and lateral flow ones from his work. I’m not due to ovulate for about another week - we have a family wedding next Sat then fly to Jersey for 3 days the day after, so hopefully lots of relaxed fun dtd!

@Loops01 same, although I might give in and test day AF is due - I go away then so would be nice to know.

@Amy259 good to hear & that’s good then, the tests are to repeat my estrogen and progesterone at a different point in my cycle as they was low first time (although he thinks it was likely due to when I had them in my cycle), think they added Thyroid check too.

I’ve just been to a baby shower but was fine as was genuinely really happy for them - I found the shopping bit harder as I was looking thinking I’d buy that if I have one . 💔

@AZ1992X that’s good that they’re repeating them to double check, let us know how you get on.

Aww you’re so much stronger than me, for sure. I’m not even sure I’d be able to go to one tbh, but I’m sure I would feel different if someone close to me was at that stage - I don’t think I’d be able to go to like a relative of DH or something though.